Record #:

22550

Author(s):

Spruill, Frank S.

Abstract:

William Ruffin Cox, born in 1832, became a lawyer in Tennessee in 1857, after which he married and moved to North Carolina. Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, Cox was immediately appointed Major of the Second North Carolina troops, where he became renowned for his endurance and participation in some of the most famous battle of the war, also coming to the aid of General Lee. After the Civil War, Cox served North Carolina in reconstruction as a lawyer and elected official, later being elected as Secretary of the Senate of the United States.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 20 Issue 2,3,4,, Jan-April 1921, p159-170

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina; Cox, William Ruffin, 1832-1919; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865